THE RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS. WHO ARE THEY?

The Righteous Among the Nations are people of different nationalities who rescued Jewish people in World War 2.

In Israel there is the Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations.

Names of saviors are specified on the Wall of Honor in the garden of the Rithteous Among the Nations at Yad-Vashem in Jerusalem.

On January 1, 2012 it was fixed 24,355 rescuers. There are 6,339 the Righteous Among the Nations in Poland. In Ukraine there are 2,402 people, in Russia there are 179 people . You can read this information in detail at Yad-Vashem web-site: (http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/statistics.asp)

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